Using K-means Cluster Analysis for Assessment of Environmental Services of Municipalities

Abstract

Municipalities are one of the local government types established by law, established to meet the local needs of the people. The purpose of municipalities; to deliver the services of the municipality to the entire municipal population. In this study, although many duties and responsibilities of municipalities in 81 provinces in Turkey is evaluated in terms of municipal environmental services. In this study, statistics on municipal services published between 2001-2016 by Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) were used. In this context, six criteria are discussed. One of the Multi Criteria Decision Methods, AHP was used to determine the weight of the criteria. The weighted weights are multiplied by the values of the relevant years and a weighted value is obtained. The weighted value of the relevant year was clustered with one-dimensional clustering analysis. The changes in municipal performances of provinces were analyzed.